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Plant Toxins in Response to Stress

Jun 4, 2012 // by Team FPS // allergy, Avocado, banana, bell pepper, chestnut, Chitinase, defense, General, hevein, hevein-like domains, kiwi, latex, latex-fruit syndrome, peach, plant, potato, protein, rubber trees, stress, tomato // Comments Off

I think far too little attention is being given to the effects of abnormal and stressful growth conditions on the plants’ natural defense systems. Plants normally synthesize some toxins and inhibitors of digestive enzymes to discourage attacks by bacteria, fungi, insects, and other predators. When a plant is injured or otherwise stressed, it produces more [...]